Archaeogenetics of Late Iron Age Cemialo Srt, Batman: Investigating maternal genetic continuity in north Mesopotamia since the Neolithic

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dc.authoridYaka, Reyhan/0000-0002-9359-4391
dc.authoridBirand, Aysegul/0000-0001-9217-3627
dc.authoridParvizi, Poorya/0000-0002-1282-765X
dc.authoridTogan, Inci/0009-0003-6150-8078
dc.contributor.authorYaka, Reyhan
dc.contributor.authorBirand, Aysegul
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Yasemin
dc.contributor.authorCaner, Ceren
dc.contributor.authorAcan, Sinan Can
dc.contributor.authorGunduzalp, Sidar
dc.contributor.authorParvizi, Poorya
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:34:50Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:34:50Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjectivesNorth Mesopotamia has witnessed dramatic social change during the Holocene, but the impact of these events on its demographic history is poorly understood. Here, we study this question by analysing genetic data from the recently excavated Late Iron Age settlement of Cemialo Srt in Batman, southeast Turkey. Archaeological and radiocarbon evidence indicate that the site was inhabited during the second and first millennia BCE. Cemialo Srt reveals nomadic items of the Early Iron Age, as well as items associated with the Late Achaemenid and subsequent Hellenistic Periods. We compare Cemialo Srt mitochondrial DNA profiles with earlier and later populations from west Eurasia to describe genetic continuity patterns in the region. Materials and methodsA total of 16 Cemialo Srt individuals' remains were studied. PCR and Sanger sequencing were used to obtain mitochondrial DNA HVRI-HVRII sequences. We studied haplotype diversity and pairwise genetic distances using F-ST, comparing the Cemialo Srt population with ancient and modern-day populations from west Eurasia. Coalescent simulations were carried out to test continuity for specific population comparisons. ResultsMitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes from 12 Cemialo Srt individuals reveal high haplotype diversity in this population, conspicuously higher than early Holocene west Eurasian populations, which supports the notion of increasing population admixture in west Eurasia through the Holocene. In its mtDNA composition, Cemialo Srt shows highest affinity to Neolithic north Syria and Neolithic Anatolia among ancient populations studied, and to modern-day southwest Asian populations. Based on population genetic simulations we cannot reject continuity between Neolithic and Iron Age, or between Iron Age and present-day populations of the region. DiscussionDespite the region's complex sociopolitical history and indication for increased genetic diversity over time, we find no evidence for sharp shifts in north Mesopotamian maternal genetic composition within the last 10,000 years.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [114Z159]; METU [BAP-07-02-2015-003]
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Grant/Award Number: 114Z159; METU, Grant/Award Number: BAP-07-02-2015-003
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ajpa.23423
dc.identifier.endpage207
dc.identifier.issn0002-9483
dc.identifier.issn1096-8644
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid29399779
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85041614065
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage196
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23423
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23485
dc.identifier.volume166
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000430461100014
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectAchaemenid Period
dc.subjectancient DNA
dc.subjectCemialo Srt
dc.subjectdemographic history
dc.subjectLower Garzan Basin
dc.subjectmitochondrial DNA
dc.subjectNeolithic
dc.subjectnorth Mesopotamia
dc.titleArchaeogenetics of Late Iron Age Cemialo Srt, Batman: Investigating maternal genetic continuity in north Mesopotamia since the Neolithic
dc.typeArticle

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